<Interesting! This is precisely the views of physics at the turn of the
<century. Yes, we couldn't quite explain the emission spectrum -- and yes,
<there was this weird photo-electric effect -- but this was thought to be
<relatively trivial and by and by some menial technician would find the
<answers. But by and large physics was thought to be complete -- this, 100
<years ago.
<
This is a moment to remind people of a wonderful book about the zeitgeist of
physics in the early part of this century: Night Thoughts of a Classical
Physicist, by Russell McCormmach. It is available from the usual sources.
JEG
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